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Analysis
Audit Finds Serious Flaws in Navy Security Screening
A Pentagon Inspector General report released this week finds major flaws in a security system used to regulate contractor access to Navy facilities.
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State Dept. Corrects Testimony POGO Exposed as Misleading
A week after the Project On Government Oversight exposed recent State Department testimony on embassy security as inaccurate and misleading, the Department has written a letter to members of the U.S. Senate acknowledging that its testimony was wrong and correcting the record.
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AnalysisKelly Vlahos Article on ‘Fighter Mafia’ Reunion
Kelly Vlahos Article on 'Fighter Mafia' Reunion
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Navy Yard Shooter Was Security-Cleared Contractor
In the days since a gunman killed 12 people at the Navy Yard complex in Washington, D.C., many have been questioning why–despite warning signs like gun-related arrests and mental illness–Aaron Alexis was given secret-level clearance for his job with a subcontractor to Hewlett ...
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Analysis
Questions for Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy
At a House hearing Wednesday, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F. Kennedy faced intense questioning about Benghazi. There are also questions Kennedy could answer about the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, where former guards say security problems could lead t...
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Analysis
Inspectors General Concerned About Budget Cuts and Staff Vacancies
A survey of inspectors general (IG) released yesterday discovered that they have been significantly affected by the sequester and other budget cuts.
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AnalysisTwo Thought-Provoking Pieces on Counter-Insurgency and 4th Generation Warfare
There are some interesting and provocative materials on counter-insurgency and 4th generation warfare at two very different websites. They both address how to win at these conflicts, but that may be the wrong focus.
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House Unveils Short-term Spending Measure to Lock in Defense Cuts
A newly unveiled proposal to keep the government operating past the end of this month represents the first acknowledgment by House leadership that they ought to adhere to current law spending caps set by the sequester.
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AnalysisVanity Fair’s New Article on the F-35
Long in the making, Vanity Fair is today releasing, on-line, it's article on the F-35 -- to appear in a future issue. The article focuses on the atrocious management of the F-35--from the very start from all parties, including the absence of oversight by DOD of either Lockhee...
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Why Zero Wall Street CEOs Are in Jail
Five years after Lehman Brothers fell and the U.S. economy collapsed in on itself, not a single Wall Street C.E.O. is in jail. In fact, none of them have even faced criminal charges.
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Analysis
VA Makes Headway on Backlog with New Technology
The Department of Veterans Affairs is finally cutting down on its huge backlog of veterans’ benefits claims thanks to a new computer system meant to aid the compensation process.
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Senators Ask State Department To Respond to POGO Report on Embassy Security
Leaders of a Senate panel are asking the State Department to explain how its assurances about security at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan square with a report this week by the Project On Government Oversight documenting problems.